Slip on bath water thermometer

ABSTRACT

This slip on bath water thermometer allows any user to almost instantly know the temperature of the water entering the bath or vessel to accuracy of 1/10 th  of one degree Fahrenheit or Celsius. It is a flexible slide on extension which has a fast read digital thermometer attached by being screwed into the flexible part with a thermometer probe inserting into the center of the water flow cavity of the flexible part. Installation of the slide on invention requires no tools and no removal or changes to existing faucet parts, and enabling most anyone to use for a safe and comfortable bath.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This non provisional utility application cross references provisionalapplication No. 60/668,553 filed Apr. 5, 2005.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

To allow a parent, the elderly or anyone a truly simple way to fill asafe and comfortable bath to the accuracy of 1/10^(th) of 1 degreeFahrenheit or Celsius, allowing the small envelope of degrees of safebath temperature to be attained. The need for, and lack of a priorsimple slip on device that anyone can easily use requiring no tools andno changing of faucet parts, to allow the user to see very quickly thetemperature of the water exiting from a bath faucet within 1/10^(th) ofa degree Fahrenheit or Celsius.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A slide on, flexible, bath faucet extension with a in line fast readdigital thermometer allowing a mom, the elderly, or any user to fill asafe and comfortable bath by simply slipping onto a bath faucet andadjusting the hot and cold water handles to attain the preferredtemperature of water exiting faucet by viewing digital thermometer,requiring no tools or removal or changing of any faucet parts.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1 slip on flexible device with digital thermometer, attached bythreading the ¼″×⅛″-27 tapered pipe threaded collar into the matchingfemale threads in the flexible part.

FIG. 2 thermometer sensor probe shown attached to part in center ofwater flow chamber.

FIG. 3 face of thermometer

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This new slip on bath temperature thermometer invention consists ofthree parts, The flexible slip on part 1, the male threaded ¼″×⅛″-27tapered pipe thread collar permanently bonded around the thermometerprobe 2, and the fast read digital thermometer 3.

The flexible part may be made of most any flexible material which can beinjection molded by manufacturer. It can be made most any color. Thereis a machined threaded collar with male threads permanently bonded to,and that surrounds the conventional digital thermometer probe, whichallows for the attachment or removal of The thermometer with the femalethreads molded in the top front center of the flexible part, insertingthe thermometer sensor probe into the water flow cavity. The thermometerHas a replaceable battery, an on/off switch and a switch for Fahrenheitor Celsius readings.

The flexible slip on part may be simply slipped on to most bath faucetsby anyone, using no tools, then the user may easily and quickly view thefast read thermometer to know the water temperature entering the batchor vessel within 1/10^(th) of one degree Fahrenheit or Celsius.

1. I claim . . . a new slip on fast read digital thermometer devicewhich has a flexible part that simply slips on to most bath faucetsusing no tools and requires no removal or changing of any faucet parts,and said flexible part has attached to it by way of designed andmachined male threaded collar, designed for such attachments, a fastread digital thermometer that reads to 1/10^(th) of one degreeFahrenheit or Celsius by screwing into female threads in flexible part,allowing the thermometer sensor probe to be inserted into the water flowcavity of the flexible part, further, allowing the user to almostinstantly and accurately within 1/10^(th) of one degree Fahrenheit orCelsius, know the temperature of the water flowing from the faucet andentering the bath or vessel allowing for a safe and desired bathtemperature to be attained.